help with homemade cichlid food

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what are some of the best recipes for food for south or central american cichlids??
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all recipes are fine, but i would really like some for fast but not unhealthy growth, and extremely good colors.
 
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just experiment with stuff from the seafood section at your grocery store :)
 
is there any way to make pellets?? if so how?????
 
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I think the only way to get something similar to a pellet is to bake it. Which i don't recommend. Try a frozen food, I follow the steps in this http://www.gcca.net/howto/fish_food.htm, but use different foods.
I use...
-Turkey hearts
-shrimp with shell
-peas
-garlic
-good staple flake food
I sort of use what I have around. I use turkey heart instead of beef heart because it is much leaner.
 
Midas Madness;3284812; said:
I think the only way to get something similar to a pellet is to bake it. Which i don't recommend. Try a frozen food, I follow the steps in this http://www.gcca.net/howto/fish_food.htm, but use different foods.
I use...
-Turkey hearts
-shrimp with shell
-peas
-garlic
-good staple flake food
I sort of use what I have around. I use turkey heart instead of beef heart because it is much leaner.
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do you use gelatin??
 
ok. know this is an old post but for some reason it won't let me start a new thread and this fits..
does anyone see anything wrong with this home-made fish food recipe i found online for my sa/ca cichlids, the carnivoure part

BASIC/GOLDFISH/CARNIVOURE

Whole Salmon: 25% 20% 30%

Peas: 25% 25% 15%

Egg: 20% 15% 25%

Brine shrimp: 15% 15% 15%

Spirulina Powder:10% 15% 5%

Wheat Germ: 0% 5% 0%

Squid: 0% 0% 5%

Fish Oil: 2% 2% 2%

Corn Starch or Gelatin: 3% 3% 3%

the starch is so i can dehydrate to make a flake/pellet or gelatin if i want to freeze it.
 
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